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J. W'. TRA ein, 0F STI".` LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 71,428, dated November 26, 1867.1 l

IMPROVEMENT IN GAS oIeAIIIIIeIITEIIS.

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TO ALL WHOM-IT MAY CONCERNI I- IBelit known that I, J. W. TRACY, of Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and VState ofIMissouri, hnve I inventedka. new and improvedl (ligen-Lighter', `and `I do hereby declare Athat the following is n. fell, clear, and exact description thereowhich'will enable others skilled in the art to kn :mke Vand use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, 'forming part of this specification. i f Thepijesent` invention relates to a. cigar-lighter,which'consists of a gnre or oriamehtintended to sitlon a till, or other suitable place, in a. saloon. The figure oi' ornament sL connected Iwith a. gas-pipe by a. flexible tube, which will be nnderstoodffrom the following: i vl V 'I I a, in the drawing, represents a ,metal figure, with a pipe in its mouth. The' igure hose holethrughiits': I

length, from the mouth to the pedestal, and'is connected to the gas-pipe b by theexible tube c.; d is a stop- I `I cock, with a weighted lever, e, rnnuing'throug'h its key. VAt one end o-f this lever an elastic cord, fis attached, 1. i I which `passes around the fixed pulleys g g, .and attached to the flexible tubenth. The elastic 'cordf will pull .l suiliciently on the lever e to" keep the stop-cook slightlyopen, andthus allowa-smnll ilumeto be kept burning I I 1` in the pipe z', which is held in themouth of the figuren. I l i I i Whenn. light is required, the figure is picked np, end, in doing so, vit will cause the elastic cordf to be I pulled, which will draw down the lever e, and thus open the stop-cock, which will allow n. full head of gas to l, ilowthrough the pipe, which will enable a person Ato get a goed, elven` light, instead oi'` only halflightingthe cigar, I l I bytheold method of using a. torch and alcohol, besides myImethodbeing so much cheaper, for, when not innse, the gas is turned down low. A' i Y I do not limit myself to any perticuler kind of` figure, or part thereof, wher-)by'` to obtain the light.

HavingQthus described my invention, what'I claim as new, olnd desire to secuie byrLetters Patent, i's- The figure a, attached by theilexible tube c to the gas-pipe b,in eombinntion'withthe elasticcordf, operating i l on theweig'htedlever e, in theImanner and for the purpose substantially as shown ond described.

Thebove specification of my invention signed by m'e,this 9th dayfof May, 1&67.

, Witnesses:

J. CRAWSHAW, Jr., M. PARKER. 

